Forecasting System-Level Impacts of Technology Infusion in Ship Design
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Psallidas, Konstantinos
Whitcomb, Clifford A.
Hootman, John C.
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2010
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This study examines a methodology that can aid the decision maker in projecting the performance of future
vessel concepts and in allocating the resources for technological research and development in an optimum
way. Themethod is generic, and can be applied to any system that can bemodeled mathematically, such as
a naval surface combatant or submarine. The method combines system-level design parameters with technology
impact assessment. The impact of technology is assessed through the use of technology k-factors
through a design of experiments and response surface method that is coupled with a computational ship
synthesis model to modify the technical characteristics or the cost parameters of the design. These modifications
result in changes to the technical metrics used to simulate the hypothetical improvement or
degradation associated with the new technology. This methodology is demonstrated through a technological
impact assessment of the operational characteristics of a conventional submarine design.
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The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.2010.00197.x
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Naval Engineers Journal
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.